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Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... and litigation have defined the trajectory of development in a section of Brooklyn that borders Hasidic Jewish, ... far promise a healthy fight. The project developer, Rabsky Group , is planning a 1,146-unit...

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Community Development

SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

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10/10/2017

... York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised ... Though the basic elements of the original proposal remains in tact, prospective...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

... Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and wildfires. The ... measure 353 to 69. It will go to the Senate, which is not in session until next week...

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Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico

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03/02/2018

... to Puerto Rico A new network of local leaders is stepping in to provide aid and support from cities on the mainland to decimated localities in Puerto Rico. Called the Mayor Exchange and backed by funding from...

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will ... that Open Society has begun to think and act differently in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

... Color Heliconius butterflies are a diverse and colorful group of species that live throughout tropical regions of ... by scientists from the University of Chicago shows that in one species, Heliconius cydno,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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25 Jul 2023

Navigating the Complexities of Corporate Reporting with an Equity Lens

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... on companies to meet specific reporting requirements. In addition, employees, communities and customers are ... Social Impact, and Sustainability Consultant, CSR Talent Group Thomas Knowlton (Moderator), CEO...

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Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One

... the existing budget. The second was a reckoning with NYC real estate. Our office lease ended in June 2015 and ... for philanthropic professional groups and issue-based working groups. This...

Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President

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07/01/2013

... to both the advancement of independent secondary education and basic neuroscience research. John was the ... at Teachers College and the Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience, among other initiatives...

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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

... multimedia programs that reach nearly 75 million people in up to ten countries. To be launched in 2014 in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico, the initiative will ...

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

... who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of ... Philanthropy. Seventeen foundations...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU In addition to its significance for the ACLU, which is in the early stages of a fundraising campaign that will end ... has earmarked the gift for...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream Born in a Louisiana charity hospital, Darren Walker grew up in a poor town in rural Texas with his single mother and three sisters. But ...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

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02/12/2015

The program will offer specialized training to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, among other illnesses.

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Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College

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03/16/2015

... of LaGuardia Community College, a two-year institution in Queens with 50,000 students, received an unexpected call. ... Small Businesses initiative, a program offering management education and support services...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

... awareness, discovery and general community outreach in areas such as education , the environment and disease prevention. Every ... award of $15,000. AXA has given more than $25 million in...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore The Bank of America Charitable Foundation today announced $352,500 in grants to 29 nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... to support its leading biology and genetics research and education programs. The uniquely structured grant reflects a ... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private ... is struggling to fill innumerable open positions. Jobs in computing fields are among the...

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